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...Furious video games with friends in a 23rd-floor waterfront condominium north of Miami. They fell asleep at 3 a.m., but were roused at dawn when Wilma arrived with more than 100 m.p.h. winds. Since Wilma came ashore on Florida's west coast, many had hoped it would weaken before it hit the east; instead it sped across the Everglades like a high-power airboat. At Pedroz's building, the storm shattered sliding glass doors, tossed furniture and blew down walls. After the assault, much of the 26-floor building's fa?ade looked as if it were bombed. "We thought...
...presented a poll he administered in 2004 that showed that most Arabs thought the Middle East was less democratic after the Iraq War. He said data reveals that Arabs believe U.S. policy in the Middle East is motivated not by democracy, but by oil, Israel, and a desire to weaken the Islamic world. Randall Sarafa ’09, who lives in Michigan, said he appreciated the panel’s look at the connection between American policy and Arab public opinion. “I thought it was a good discussion, especially towards the media’s role...
...death, Didion found herself experiencing something she had never known before: true grief. It was different, she discovered, from other forms of sadness. "Grief, when it comes, is nothing we expect it to be," she writes. "Grief has no distance. Grief comes in waves, paroxysms, sudden apprehensions that weaken the knees and blind the eyes and obliterate the dailiness of life...
...Still, it may be too little, too late. Gregor Gysi, co-founder of the Linksb?ndnis, says the SPD platform will only further weaken workers' rights without strengthening the economy. The Chancellor "is saying farewell in a comfortable sort of way," Gysi, an east German, says. "My impression is that he's relieved that it's coming to an end." Gysi's not alone in that view. Even some of Schr?der's most ardent supporters fear that the cheers resounding at his public appearances may be the sound of his last hurrahs...
...constitution, rural areas and lower-income neighborhoods voted against it. Citizens chose to take out their nervousness about unemployment and dissatisfaction with present governments on the EU. In France, the constitution was identified with much-feared market liberalization. Ironically, the very choice to reject the constitution has weakened the French position within the EU and with it the idea of a “social Europe,” of which France is the main proponent. Within Europe, France stands for protectionism in face of the Anglo-American model, and is also a great beneficiary of the EU?...